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Collection | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
Inventory Number | Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. Ms. Heb. b. 19 (P) (b) |
Publication Number | TAD B.2.1 |
Ancient Provenance Site | Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
Ancient Provenance District | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object Type | papyrus |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (verso) and perpendicular (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | complete | |
Script, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
Language, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
Comments on Handwriting | Only example of the hand of Pelatiah. Also many other hands of witness which are elsewhere unknown. | |
Comments on Text Layout | Standard for a contract. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 19 | 1 |
Height of Line / Letter |
Ancient Title | ספר אגרא זי בנה |
Modern Title | Grant of a Built Wall |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Author of Text | Konaiah son of Zadak |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Pelatiah allows Mahseiah to build a wall that extends across their alleyway and joins to the upper part of Pelatiah's house. No statement of payment is made, but a defension clause prohibits future litigation. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine / Syene Lower Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Script = Language Monolingual |
Gender | Man |
Religion | unknown |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 "Wall" is masculine in other texts. Here it is feminine.
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
21940 | man | Bagadata son of Nabukudurri | בגדת בר נבוכדרי | Aramaic, Imperial |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Xerxes I | 15 | Elul | 18 | -471 September 12 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 308180 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 89441 |
Author | James D. Moore; Verena Lepper |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 308180 (= Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. Ms. Heb. b. 19 (P) (b)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore; Verena Lepper. |